A good novel editor is invisible.

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When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from...

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from...

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know.

Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know.

I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in...

I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in...

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count...

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count...

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody...

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody...

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying...

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying...

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material....

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material....

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed...

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed...

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There...

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There...

I'm working on a very long series of paintings based on desert folklore.

I'm working on a very long series of paintings based on desert folklore.

There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and...

There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and...

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a...

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a...

Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need...

Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need...

I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.

I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.

The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was...

The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was...

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it...

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it...

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my...

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my...